Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 496 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
1299456871
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9781299456877
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9780199893089
Content:
The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when we speak of ""Afghanistan,"" we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan--and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. In Talibanistan, an unparalleled group of experts offer a nuanced understanding of this critical region. Edited by Peter Bergen, author of the bestselling books The Longest War and The Osama Bin Laden I Know, and Katherine Tiedemann, these essays examine in detail the embattled territory from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Pakistan's
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""ONE: The Taliban in Kandahar""; ""TWO: The Relationship Between al-Qaeda and the Taliban""; ""THREE: The Taliban in Zabul and Uruzgan""; ""FOUR: The Taliban in North Waziristan""; ""FIVE: The Taliban in South Waziristan""; ""SIX: Pakistan�s Counterinsurgency Strategy""; ""SEVEN: CIA Drone Strikes and the Taliban""; ""EIGHT: The Drone War: View from the Ground""; ""NINE: Public Opinion in Pakistan�s Tribal Regions""; ""TEN: The Political Landscape of the Taliban Insurgency in Pakistan""
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""ELEVEN: The Taliban in Swat""""TWELVE: The Taliban in Bajaur""; ""THIRTEEN: The Taliban in Pakistan: An Overview""; ""FOURTEEN: The 80 Percent Solution: The Strategic Defeat of bin Laden�s al-Qaeda and Implications for South Asian Security""; ""FIFTEEN: Negotiations with the Taliban""; ""A Note on Spelling""; ""A Note on the Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1299461565
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199893096
Additional Edition:
Print version Talibanistan : Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion
Language:
English
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